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Mark A. Adomanis’ comment (“The Beginning of the End?” Nov. 15) has the merit of bringing to the fore important issues related to the riots which recently occurred in France. We read the editorial with great interest, but were very surprised, and occasionally disheartened, by some of Adomanis’ assumptions and statements. The goal of these remarks is to present a different perspective on the riots and to add the factual information that may be useful to readers of The Crimson...
...groups’ standard profiles. It is vital that the UC not give money to organizations that choose to rely on artificial constitutional distinctions rather than the choice of its members for the election of its officers. Future suspensions of UC bylaws should be restricted to situations that clearly merit them, lest the bylaws themselves become meaningless...
...thing we understand is that every year the competition will be extremely intense. We know every year we’ll have to pull out all the stops.”Fitzsimmons said the yield at Harvard is remarkable given that it doesn’t offer merit scholarships, unlike some of its competitors. He points to the college’s new financial aid initiative as a factor which has been stimulating interest among potential applicants, whether they are from low-income backgrounds or not.“In the end the top African American students in the country...
...This first Harry Potter film clocked in at a logorrheic 2hr33, nearly twice the length of a Disney cartoon feature. If The Sorcerer?s Stone has any merit, it was to demonstrate the elasticity of children?s attention spans; it proved that kids could sit still, enrapt, for ages. Goblet of Fire, which is not just an efficient babysitter but a wizard of a movie, will prove that adults...
Yale has finally trumped Harvard—albeit, in an area of dubious merit. The Eli administration has finally proven that they can be even more overbearing and paranoid about drinking and parties than even the sternest Crimson authority figure. But to many, myself included, Yale’s announcements—tailgates now have to end by the start of the third quarter, drinking games and U-Haul dancing are strictly forbidden, and any student caught actually having fun will be expelled—came as little surprise. After all, Yale has been trying since its birth (the unfortunately...